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U.S. News & World Report ranked Slater Matsil among the Best Law Firms in Texas in Tier 1 in 2022.
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Ira Matsil was included in the 2020 – 2023 editions of the Best Lawyers in America® for Patent Litigation and Patent Law in Dallas, Texas.
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Steven Slater was included in the 2020 - 2024 editions of the Best Lawyers in America® for Litigation – Patent and Patent Law in Dallas, Texas.
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Slater Matsil ranked as one of the nation’s leading IP and Patent Law Firms by Chambers USA 2020 - 2023.
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Steven Slater recognized by Chambers USA 2024 as a Top Intellectual Property Attorney
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Ira Matsil Recognized by Chambers USA 2021 - 2023 as a Top Intellectual Property Attorney
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Slater Matsil ranked as a firm and Steven Slater, Ira Matsil, Srini Chakravarthi, Benjamin Nise, and Michael Kucher were recognized individually by 2023 IAM Patent 1000 Rankings.
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Patexia ranked Slater Matsil attorneys Stephen A. Cortiaus, John Koetter, and Lizabeth Vice as 2023 Top 100 Best Performing Attorneys in High-Tech
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Patexia ranked Slater Matsil #4 in top 100 Best Performing Patent Firms Overall in 2023. Patexia also ranked Slater Matsil #8 in Top 100 Best Performing Patent Law Firms in High Tech in 2023.
The published ratings assessed and ranked the the top 2,000 law firms based on performance and activity scores. Rankings of the top 100 firms were also compiled in each category.
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Patexia ranked Slater Matsil attorneys Ira Matsil as Top 20 and Brian Mair as Top 50 Best Performing Attorneys Overall in Patent Prosecution. Stephen Cortiaus and Brian Mair were ranked as Top 50 in Overall High-Tech Performance in 2024.
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John Koetter was appointed to be Co-Chair of the Publications Committee of the Dallas Bar Association for 2024.
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Srini Chakravarthi was appointed to the Council of the Dallas Bar Association, IP Section for 2024. Srini will also be Co-Chair of the CLE Committee of the IP Section.
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Srini Chakravarthi has been appointed as Adjunct Professor of Law at Texas A&M Law School, where he taught a course on Patent Law (Spring 2024).
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Srini Chakravarthi was selected to join The Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn American Inn of Court as a Barrister (2023-2025).
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Srini Chakravarthi was Organizer / MC of moderated session on “Strategies for Drafting Claims and Ethics in Patent Prosecution,” North Dallas DBA IP Section CLE, Wednesday, April 12, 2023.
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The Harrity Analytics Team ranked Slater Matsil as 17th for most U.S. utility patents issued in 2023.
The Harrity Analytics Team compiled a list of top patent law firms of 2024. The law firms are ranked based on the total number of utility patents issued in the U.S. in 2023.
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Slater Matsil ranked as a firm and Steven Slater, Ira Matsil, Srini Chakravarthi, Benjamin Nise, and Michael Kucher were recognized individually by 2023 IAM Patent 1000 Rankings.
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Patexia ranked Slater Matsil attorneys Brian A. Mair and Ira Matsil as 2023 Top 50 Best Performing Attorneys Overall in Patent Prosecution
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Patexia ranked Slater Matsil attorney Brian A. Mair as a 2023 Top 50 Best Performing Attorneys in High-Tech
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Patexia ranked Slater Matsil attorneys Stephen Cortiaus, John Koetter, and Yumin Zhang as 2023 Top 100 Best Performing Attorneys Overall in Patent Prosecution
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Patexia ranked Slater Matsil #4 in top 100 Best Performing Patent Firms Overall in 2023. Patexia also ranked Slater Matsil #8 in Top 100 Best Performing Patent Law Firms in High Tech in 2023.
The published ratings assessed and ranked the the top 2,000 law firms based on performance and activity scores. Rankings of the top 100 firms were also compiled in each category.
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The Harrity Analytics Team ranked Slater Matsil as 18th for most U.S. utility patents issued in 2022.
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Slater Matsil was named by IE 100 Awards as the 2023 winner of the U.S. Patent Prosecution Adviser of the Year for China – USA.
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Elizabeth Iglesias and Ben Nise gave a presentation for the DBA IP Section CLE regarding “Patent Prosecution Practice Tips for Emerging Technologies” on Thursday, May 26, 2022.
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Strategies in Developing a Global Patent Portfolio and Ethical Considerations in Patent Prosecution” for the North Dallas DBA IP Section CLE on Thursday, May 19, 2022.
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Srini Chakravarthi delivered a presentation on Engineering a Patent Portfolio – Augmenting R&D Value with Patent Protection on December 9, 2022 at the UTD Colloquium Lecture Series, Department of Materials Science & Engineering.
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Steven Slater was named Best Lawyers® 2023 Litigation – Patent “Lawyer of the Year” in Dallas/Fort Worth.
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Slater Matsil ranked as a firm; Steven Slater, Ira Matsil, Srini Chakravarthi, and Michael Kucher were recognized individually by 2022 IAM Patent 1000 Rankings.
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Ira Matsil was featured in IAM Global Leaders 2022.
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Steven Slater was featured in IAM Global Leaders 2022.
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Patexia has ranked Roger Knapp number 1 and Ruojian Zhang number 2 in a Top 100 Best Performing Attorneys in High-Tech in 2022
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Patexia ranked Slater Matsil #2 Best Performing Patent Firm in 2022. Patexia also ranked Slater Matsil #7 Most active Law Firm in High Tech in 2022.
The published ratings ranked the top 1,000 most active and best performing patent firms. To measure the best performing law firms, Patexia defined and measured success, efficiency, and activity.
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Slater Matsil ranked first in Juristat's 2021 Top Patent Firms list in Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components.
Juristat analyzed USPTO data to rank the top 10 Patent firms based upon the total number of applications filed, allowance rate, and the average number of office actions before allowance.
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Answering the Un-asked Questions: Patent Disclosures for Analog, Mixed-Signal, and RF Circuit Design
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U.S. News ranked Slater Matsil as Tier 1 firm for Patent Litigation and as Tier 2 firm for Patent Law
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Patexia named Slater Matsil the Best Performing #2 Patent Firm Overall in 2021 Patexia also ranked Slater Matsil #9 of the 2021 Top 100 Most Active Law Firms in High Tech.
The published ratings ranked the top 1,000 most active and best performing patent firms. To measure the best performing law firms, Patexia defined and measured success, efficiency and activity.
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Slater Matsil ranked as a firm, Ira Matsil, Steven Slater, Srini Chakravarthi, and Michael Kucher recognized individually by the 2021 IAM Patent 1000 rankings
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John Koetter has been selected as Texas Super Lawyer (a Thomson Reuters Service) Rising Stars 2021.
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Slater Matsil is pleased to announce that Chambers USA has ranked the firm as one of the nation’s leading IP and Patent Law Firms.
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Slater Matsil ranked first in Juristat's Top 25 growing Patent firms in the last decade.
Juristat analyzed USPTO data to rank the top 25 growing Patent firms in the last decade based upon utility and plant applications, excluding design patents, reissues, re-examinations, and provisional applications. It’s worth noting that Juristat high-growth firms bested the USPTO average for both allowance rate and time to disposition. For applications filed in 2018, these 25 firms have an average allowance rate of 92% and time to disposition of 17 months, compared to the USPTO averages of 78% and 27.7 months.
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Srini Chakravarthi delivered a presentation on Building and Monetizing the “Perfect” Patent Portfolio on November 19, 2020 at the 2020 ACP MetroCon – an Annual Conference conducted by the Association of Chinese Professionals Foundation.
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D Magazine named Steven H. Slater as one of the “Best Lawyers in Dallas 2016” in the Intellectual Property Category
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Patexia named Slater Matsil the Best Performing #2 Patent Firm Overall in 2020. Patexia also ranked Slater Matsil #9 of the 2020 Top 100 Most Active Law Firms in High Tech.
The published ratings ranked the top 1,000 most active and best performing patent firms. To measure the best performing law firms, Patexia defined and measured success, efficiency and activity.
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Ira S. Matsil selected as a Texas Super Lawyer
Texas Monthly has honored Ira S. Matsil as a Texas Super Lawyer from 2012-2016.
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Steven H. Slater selected as a Texas Super Lawyer
Texas Monthly has honored Steven H. Slater as a Texas Super Lawyer from 2009-2016.
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Slater Matsil ranked fourth in Juristat's 2020 Top Patent Firms list in Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components.
Juristat analyzed USPTO data to rank the top 10 Patent firms based upon total number of applications filed, allowance rate, and average number of office actions before allowance.
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Slater Matsil ranked as a firm, Ira Matsil, Steven Slater and Srini Chakravarthi recognized individually by the 2020 IAM Patent 1000 rankings
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Slater Matsil ranked sixth in Juristat's 2019 Top Patent Firms list in Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components.
Juristat analyzed USPTO data to rank the top 10 Patent firms based upon total number of applications filed, allowance rate, average number of office actions to allowance, and average time to allowance.
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Slater Matsil named Top Patent Law Firm
The Dallas Business Journal named Slater Matsil a Top Patent Law Firm in 2019.
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DMagazine named Ira S. Matsil among “Best Lawyers in Dallas 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015” in the Intellectual Property Category.
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John Koetter has been selected to join the Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn American Inn of Court
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Patexia named Slater Matsil the Best Performing Patent Firm Overall in 2019. Patexia also ranked Slater Matsil #10 of the 2019 Top 100 Most Active Law Firms in High Tech.
The published ratings ranked the top 1,000 most active and best performing patent firms. To measure the best performing law firms, Patexia defined and measured success, efficiency and activity.
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John Koetter and Steve Slater presented “Practice Tips for Raising or Surviving Section 102 and 103 Challenges” to the Intellectual Property Section of the Dallas Bar Association on May 25, 2018
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Slater Matsil ranked third in Juristat's 2018 Top 100 Patent Firms list
Juristat analyzed USPTO data to rank the top 100 firms based upon total number of applications filed, allowance rate, average number of office actions to allowance, and average time to allowance.
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IPWatchdog named Slater Matsil as a Top Patent Firm for 2017 based on the total number of U.S. utility patents that issued in 2017.
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A renewed focus on patent quality – implications for patent owners
A high-quality patent portfolio is one that meets patent owners’ business objectives both in the short term and the long term, and that can retain its relevance and value even as technology, business constraints and applicable law change over time.
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Slater Matsil ranked second in Juristat's 2017 Top 100 Patent Firms list
Juristat analyzed USPTO data to rank the top 100 firms based upon total number of applications filed, allowance rate, average number of office actions to allowance, and average time to allowance.
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Slater Matsil ranked second in Juristat's 2017 Top 100 Patent Firms list
Juristat analyzed USPTO data to rank the top 100 firms based upon total number of applications filed, allowance rate, average number of office actions to allowance, and average time to allowance.
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The European Patent Office (EPO)
The EPO offers inventors a uniform application procedure which enables them to seek patent protection in up to 40 European countries.
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The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
The AIPLA represents a wide and diverse spectrum of individuals from law firms, companies, and institutions involved directly or indirectly in the practice of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and unfair competition law, as well as other fields of law affecting intellectual property.
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The International Trademark Association (INTA)
The INTA is the global association of trademark owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and related intellectual property in order to protect consumers and to promote fair and effective commerce.
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Slater Matsil recognized as a 2013 Go-To Law Firm for Patent Prosecution
Slater Matsil was recognized as one of the 2013 Go-To Law Firms in a guide distributed by In-House Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies publication. The list featured firms that deliver exceptional work for the in-house legal departments at Fortune 500 companies.
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Slater Matsil ranked in the top 100 Patent Law Firms by IP Today from 2009-2014
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Slater Matsil named as a Top 100 IP Firm by PatentBuddy (Patent Research Review)
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PatentBuddy, LLC (Patent Research Review) named Slater Matsil partners as Top Patent Prosecutors
PatentBuddy, LLC named Brian A. Carlson, Roger C. Knapp, Ira S. Matsil, and Steven H. Slater as Top Patent Prosecutors (2011).
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Ira S. Matsil served as session moderator
Ira was the session moderator in November 2008-2013 for the Patent Prosecution module at the Annual Intellectual Property Law Program at The Center for American and International Law.
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Ira S. Matsil served as director of IP Section of the Dallas Bar Association
Ira was the director for the IP Section of the Dallas Bar Association from 2008-2013.
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Steven H. Slater served as a panelist at the 49th Annual Intellectual Property Law Program
Steve was a panelist discussing the "Impact of IP Licenses on Third Parties" at The Center for American and International Law in November 2011.
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Steven H. Slater served as a panelist at the Dallas Bar Association IP Section meeting
Steve was a panelist discussing "IP Agreement Terms and Conditions" at the Dallas Bar Association IP Section meeting in September 2011.
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Ira S. Matsil served as panelist at the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting
Ira was a panelist discussing "Method Patents in view of In re Bilski" at the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting in June 2010. This was a follow-up to his earlier presentation discussing "Software Patents in view of In re Bilski" at the 2009 State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting.
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State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C. (SIPO)
The SIPO is responsible for patent work and comprehensively coordinating the foreign related affairs in the field of intellectual property.
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
WIPO is the global forum for intellectual property services, policy, information and cooperation.
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The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)
The USPTO is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks.
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The Japanese Patent Office (JPO)
The JPO is designed to protect intellectual creations, such as inventions, designs and trademarks, to ensure their effective use, and to contribute to industrial development.
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The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
The CIPO is associated with innovation, science and economic development, and is responsible for the administration and processing of intellectual property in Canada.
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